Fish-line reel.



No. 731,226. PATENTED JUNE 16, 1903.

E. D. ROCKWELL.

FISH LINE REEL.

. APPLICATION FILED APR. 15, 1903.

NO MODEL.

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l ATENT LIBERTY BELL COMPANY, OF TION OF CONNECTICUT.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 731,226, dated rune 16, 1903.

' Application filed April 15, 1903. Serial No. 152,650. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD D. ROCKWELL,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Bristol, in the county of Hartford and State of Con- 5 necticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fish-Line Reels,0t'- which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to fish-line reels, and has for its object the provision of improved means for locking the side plates of the reel together, whereby said reel may be readily assembled or taken apart when desired.

Further objects and advantages of themvention will be set forth in the detailed description which now follows.

an elevation of a fish-line reel with the-invention applied thereto. Fig. 2 is an elevation of a locking-ring. Fig. 3 is a vertical section upon line 3 3 of Fig. 2; and Fig. 4 is'a view of a portion of the side plates of the reel, one of said side plates beingin section to clearly ill us-.

trate the manner in which the'locking-ring engages the headed ends of the cross-bars.

Like numerals throughout the several views.

Referring tothe drawings,the numerals and 6 designate th s side plates of a fish-line reel, and 7 the cross-bars commonlyemployed for connecting said side plates. These crossbars 7 are headed at 8, asillustrated in Figs,

l and 4.

Spun or otherwise loosely secured upon side plate 5 is a locking-ring 9, having keyhole- 35 slots 10 formed therein. When it is desired to secure the side plates together, the lock ing-ring is movedupon side plate 5 until the large portions 11 of slots 10 register with perforations 12, formed in said side plate, after which the ends of rods 7 are inserted in said its their further movement. Locking-ring 9 is now turned to causethe Walls of the narrow portions of slots 10to engage the headed ends of rods 7 to thereby lock the structure together, after which the position illustrated in Fig. lto'prevent accidental movement of the locking-ring. From the foregoing. description it will be In the accompanyingdrawings, Figure l is designate similar parts perforations until a collar 13 of said rods lim-.

a latch 14 is swung into- Scribed a neat and highly ornamental reel may be produced. I 1

The invention is not limited to the exact forms shown in the drawings,,for changes may be made in the details thereof without departure from the invention.

Having described my invention, what 'I clairh'is- 1. The combination, with a frame having side plates, 'one of which is provided with openings, of rods projecting from one side 'plateand having extremities passing through the openings of the other side plate, a lockin g-ring providedwith keyhole-slots movable upon one of the side plates, and means for securing said locking-ring against displacement.

2. The combination,

a side plate and rods projecting from said side plate, said rods having headed extremities, of a removable side plate having perforations to receive the ends of'the rods, :1. locking-ring movable in an arcuate path upon said removwith a frame having.

able side plate, said locking-ring having key- I hole-slots, and a latch carried by the lockingplate and adapted to engage one of the rods.

3. A fish-line reel comprising a frame having a side plate, a series of rods projecting from saidside-plate, said rods having headed ends, a removable side plate having a series of perforations for receiving the ends of the rods, a movable locking-ring having keyholeslots, said ring being spun upon the remov able side plate, and a pivoted latch carried by said locking-ring.

4. A fish-line reel comprising a frame having a side plate, a series of rods projectingfrom said side plate, a removable side plate mounted upon the ends of said rods, 9. movable locking-ring mounted upon said removable side plate, and means whereby said locking-ring may engage the rods to prevent the displacement of the removable side plate.

. 5. A fish-line reel comprising a frame having aside plate, a from said side plate, a removable side plate series of rods projecting mounted upon the encls of said rods, a mov- In testimony whereof I afliiz my signature able locking-ring mounted upon said removin presence of two witnesses. able side plate, means whereby said loeking- EDWARD D ROCKWELL ring may engage the rods to prevent the'displacement of the removable side plate, and Witnesses: means for securing saidlocking-ring against EDSON M. PEGK, displacement. MILES LEWIS PECK. 

